Antiwear piece for bags, brief cases, and the like



C. MARKS July 15, 1930.

ANTIWEAR PIECE FOR BAGS. BRIEF CASES, AND THE LIKE Mmjs INVENTOR Filed Feb. 22, 1929 l "I" lllllli ATTORNEY 'P a tent ed'iluly onAnLns'MAnKs-o r ILAnELrHIA, IBENNSYLVANIA" a V Y ANTIWEARPIEGE Ion Bass, BRIEF oAsEs,'A1 m THE LIKE" i Applicationvfileil February 22, 1e29.' lserial lilo, 341,859. 4 v

f The present invention relatesto.the'artfof wear pi'eoe'particul-a 'lyitoeschool bags, brief T school bags, brief casesand similar articles cases an'dthelikemacle ofany extremely eco-j F and'more especiallyto the inexp'ensivekind, nomical suitable materialof affabric or fibre meaning not-made from genuine leather, dekind, rubberized or otherwise ,made watera 5 rived from various hides} This invention proof, or imitation leatherpreferablyfcorlv 5.5-

has' further-reference to an improved anti- 'loackij For example; such material asruhber I swear piece especially: adapted for use inconized or waterproof cloth,v mole skin or"arti- I nection with school bags, brief cases and the ficialleathenor fabrikoid. j a r i like of the very economical type,and jwhere Still another purpose is toprovide an imsuitahlemetal reinforcing pieces are used'in proved reinforcing metal strip provided with 60 theover or cover flap, to withstand the strain ,slots at its extremities for the receptionof I on the-fiap incident to the weight strainfof rivets adjacent the ends. ofthe 51 mm secure the bag on the handle. l v 11 v the antiwear piecesin position, theslot and a In other words all schoolbags, briefcases the two rivets atieach end acting to prevent V 15 andthe' like have a metal reinfor cingstrip, the anti-wear" piece from turning or being 465 some exposed and some covered, on the-innermisplaced? The slots .inoidentlyperform the face of the cover or over flap, the reinforce: f-purpose of exposing anotice of any kind that Inent-being secured to the flap loy "riveted may he: applied to the wear piece,- rendering loops, which carrythe handles, together with "the notice easily discernalole.

. rivets at the end of the reinforcing strip; It a Stillanother purpose ist'o provide-an anti- 7 -usually occurs that the ends of this reinforcwearpiejce to receive single rivetwhich may ing strip eventually cut through the cover or havefmeans to prevent the wear piece from i a over flap, in which case the flap quiekly'wears turning, i and to construct the wear piece in i v v "either case wide'enough' and longenough to "out. v

"12. In the expensive school bags, brief cases prevent Inisplac'ement: beyond the iedges: of

and the like, that is those made out of genuthereinforcing strip,'to insure against wear-- ine leather from the hides, the metal reinforcingrer cutting through the flap.

ing strip in the flap is usually covered-the full Itfisto be understood that thepart culars 7 length by a strip ofgenuine leather, and in hereln g ven arefin no way limitative, and

so th ajority of-suchyarticles the covering for that while still, keeping within'the scope of B0 7 the reinforcing extends approximately the the invention, any desired;modiiication of length of the handle, not substantially the "deta ls and proportions may'he made n the full length of the flap, and due .to suchbags construct on oflthe appliance according to being made of genuine leather from the'hide, circumstances?) there is no wearinglthrough of the flap. Theinvention comprises further features V purpose it is the aim to distinguish the char- Ling strip onan enlargedscaleillustrating the .The fact is such bagsotherwise wear 'outand 'and'comloination of partsto be hereinafter set become useless.- forth',-'shown in the drawings and claimed. In view of these facts the purpose of this. In the drawings: r

invention is to provide an improved anti- Figurel isa viewinperspective of a'school 7 ;Wear piece between the ends of the reinforc- 'fbfag showing theapplication of the anti-Wear 0 ing and the cover or over flap, to preventthe "piecesjand the reinforcing strip. f I ,ends of themetal reinforcing from wearing jEigure Qis a viewin perspective of a por through the flap,- and in accomplishing this :tion o f the flap'and'a portion of the reinforc- 3.01361! of bag, brief case or thelike of the coanti-Wearpiece. a s ,r

nomical kind from the more expensive, type, Figure 3 is a sectional view on line of such as those made of'genuine leather from Figure' 2.--

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the hide; a Figured is a View inperspective of a porfurther purpose is to applyithis anti-. ition of the flap, also showing the anti-wear pieces, but one which is securedby single" rivet. v V r Figure 5 is a sectional viewon' line 5-5 of Figure 4:, showing the rivet constructed in such wise as to provide means to prevent the anti-wear piece from turning or misplacing' pensive type, and which is provided with a coveror over flap 2.

A metal reinforcing strip 3 is disposed where the flap folds, that is on the inner surface thereof. This stripgfiissecured adjacent its central portion 'byl upset rivets 4, which also have loops (not shown) to which ahandle, (not shown) is usually connected. This type of school bag or brief case is very inexpensive, and it is the aim of this invention to distinguish this type of, bag from those others which are constructed of genuine leather from the hide.

The ends of the reinforcingstrip are provided with elongated slots 5, and passing through the slots are rivets 6. Positioned between'the ends of the reinforcing strip and flap incident to the fold thereof are anti-wear pieces 7, which may be made of any suitable material preferably genuine leather. These wear pieces are wide enough and longenough to project beyond the edges of the reinforcing strip, hence insuring prevention of wearing or cutting'through the flap. I r

The slots are ,of a width to properly re-, ceive the shanks of the rivets, and duetothe shanks of the rivets being located at the opposite ends of the slots the anti-wear pieces are 7 V prevented from misplacement or turning. The slot-s further serve the purpose of exposing a notice or legend or any other matter that might be applied to the anti-wear piece.

In Figures 4 and 5 the anti-wear pieces are shorter and are also wide enough to project beyond the side and end edges of the reinforcing strip, to insure against wearing or cutting through the flap. 7

However as shown in Figuresfiand 5 the shanksS of the rivets are rectangular in cross section, where they pass through the reinforcing strip and through the wear piece, so as to prevent the wear piece from turning. This type of wear piece may be used in very inexpensive school bags and the like. However if necessary the short wear pieces may be long enough to apply a notice or-leg'end thereon, and in such a case the reinforcing strip may have a short slot through which this notice or legend may appear, so asto correspond with what is shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3. I

The invention having been set forth, whatis claimed is:

-- 1. The combination with a bag constructed of materialhaving relatively-slight resistance to wear and having a cover or over flap, of a metal handle securing reinforcing strip secured to the inner face of the flap incident to its fold, an anti-wear pieceof considerable thickness between the extremity of each end of the reinforcing strip and the flap, and means passing through the strip, wear piece and the flap for securing the several thickn e to eth r r --2. The combination with a bag constructed ofmaterial having relatively slight resistance to wear and havinga cover or over flap, of a metal handle securing reinforcing strip secured to theinner face of the flap incident to its fold, ananti-wear-piecerof' considerable 1 of material having relatively slight resistance to wear and having a cover or over. flap, of a metal handle securing reinforcing stripsecured to the inner face of the -fiap incident to its fold, an anti-wear piece of considerable the reinforcing stripqand the flap, and means passing through the strip, wear piece and the flap for securing theseveral thicknesses together, said reinforcing, strip having a slot at one end to allowfor shrinkage and adjust-.

ment andto expose a notice orlegend on the face of the wearplece.

4. In combination with a bag constructed of material having relatively slight resistance to wear and having a cover or over flap, of a metal handle securing reinforcing strip secured to thezinner face of the flap incident to its fold, an anti-we'arpiece of considerable thickness between the extremity of each end of the reinforcing strip and the flap, and means passing throughthe strip, wear piece and the flap for securing the several thicknesses together, said reinforcing strip having a slot at one end to allow for shrinkageand adjustment to expose a. notice or legend on the face of the wear piece, each wear piece being wide e'noughiand long enough to protrude beyond the edge of the strip to insure preventing the wearing of the strip through the flap. I

5. In a school bag constructed of material for relatively slight resistance to wearand havinga cover or over flap, the combination with'a metal handle securing reinforcing strip disposed adjacent the inner face of the flap thickness between the extremity of each end of securing means passing thrugh thestripf wear piece and the flap to secure said thick nesses together; and means cooperating with I the securingmeans to prevent eturningof the Wear pieces. v f

v In testimonylwhereof-jhe aflixesihis signal ture. I l CHARLES MARKS. 

